Military Equipment: Iraq

Nick Harvey: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence 
	(1)  what military equipment the UK gifted to Iraqi forces in each year since 2003;
	(2)  what military equipment the Government plan to gift to Iraq over the next 12 months.

Des Browne: The UK has gifted a range of military equipment and infrastructure to prepare the Iraqi security forces to be self-sufficient in the management of their own security.
	The following military equipment has been supplied by HMG to the Iraqi Government for use by the Iraqi security forces. A list of security related equipment has also been provided for completeness:
	 2005 Military Equipment
	6,500 AK47 assault rifles
	5.3 million rounds of 7.62mm ammunition
	25,058 sets of body armour
	2,500 helmets
	2,000 sets of public order equipment
	7,444 Kevlar helmets
	308 high frequency radios
	992 Binoculars
	69 GPS
	42 GPS with radio
	12 sets of urban operations equipment
	450,000 rounds of AK47 blank ammunition (for training purposes)
	500,000 rounds of PKM (light machine gun) blank ammunition (for training purposes)
	438 Underslung grenade launchers (UGL) for AK47s
	18,400 UGL rounds
	36,800 UGL training rounds
	5,666 x 9mm pistols
	850,000 rounds of 9mm ammunition
	3,000 personal radios handset
	50 operations room radios
	200 vehicle radios
	79 refurbished armoured Land Rovers
	774 light machine guns (PKMs)
	5 million rounds of ammunition for the PKMs
	1,150 light machine guns (RPKs)
	211 high frequency radios
	16 high frequency base station fixed installation kits.
	The following security related equipment has also been gifted:
	2 luggage x-ray machines
	3 archway metal detectors
	27 hand-held metal detectors
	15 under vehicle search mirrors
	211 pick-up vehicles
	12 water trucks
	9 flat bed trucks
	Networked data/voice capability (local area network)
	Refurbishment of 24 boats.
	 2006 Military Equipment
	90 Dshka 12.7mm heavy machine guns
	6,300 9mm pistols
	85 medium machine guns
	12 Dragunov sniper rifles
	20,500 helmets
	14,500 pairs of boots
	734 Motorola GM160 VHP radios with microphone and antenna.
	The following security related equipment has also been gifted:
	415 Iraqi Police Service patrol cars
	319 Iraqi Police Service 4x4 patrol cars.
	Our records indicate that no military or security-related equipment was gifted to Iraq in 2003 or 2004; none was gifted in 2007. Currently, we have no plans to gift military equipment in future.

Vetting

Ben Wallace: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence pursuant to the answer of 14 January 2008,  Official Report, column 891W, on vetting, which other Government Departments use the Defence Vetting Agency for vetting  (a) applicants for security clearance and  (b) employees.

Bob Ainsworth: The Defence Vetting Agency (DVA) undertakes the role of an approved Shared Service Provider for various Other Governments Departments (OGDs). The DVA reflects the relationship between itself and these repayment customers in a series of Customer Supplier Agreements. Applications for vetting can cover both direct employees and staff undergoing the recruitment process but also, contractor personnel engaged in support of Government approved contracts. The DVA presently conducts selected personnel security vetting inquiries for the following:
	British Telecommunications Plc
	Competition Commission
	Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service
	Crown Prosecution Service
	Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform
	Department for Children, Schools and Families
	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills
	Department for Transport
	Department for Work and Pensions
	Department of Culture, Media and Sport
	Department of Health
	ESTYN (HM Majesty's Inspectorate for Education and Training in Wales)
	Export Credits Guarantee Department
	Financial Services Authority
	Food Standards Agency
	Gambling Commission (parent organisation—Department for Culture, Media and Sport)
	Government Car and Despatch Agency
	Health and Safety Executive
	HM Revenue and Customs
	HM Treasury
	Home Office (incorporating the Association of Chief Police Officers)
	Metropolitan Police Service
	Ministry of Justice
	National Archives
	National Assembly for Wales
	National Audit Office
	Northern Ireland Office
	O2(UK) Plc
	Olympic Delivery Authority
	Office for Civil Nuclear Security
	Office for Standards in Education
	Office for the Gas and Electricity Markets
	Office of Communications
	Office of Fair Trading
	Office of Government Commerce
	Ordnance Survey
	Registers of Scotland
	Royal Mail Group
	Scottish Court Service
	Scottish Government
	Serious Fraud Office
	Serious Organised Crime Agency
	Stabilisation Unit (parent organisation—Department for International Development)
	The Treasury Solicitor.